The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.
How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
A man's wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.
I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.